Eyeshade for windshields



W. F. CHURCH EYESHADE FOR WINDSHIELDS oct. 9 1923. y 1,410,553

Filed sept. 14'. 1922 attenua! Patented Oct. 9, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe WALTER F. CHURCH, 0F GREELEY, COLORADO;MARY MUNCY CHURCH EXECUTBEX OF SAID WALTER F. CHURCH. DECEASED.

EYESHADE FOR WINDSHIELDS.

Application led September 14, 1922. Serial No. 588,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be Ait known that I, WALTER F. CHURCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greeley, in the county of Weld, Statel ot Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeshades forlVindshields; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact de. scription of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments forautomobiles, motor-boats and the like, and particularly to eyeprotecting attachments for the windshields thereof.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a protector orshield for the eyes of the driver, which may be moved into and out ofshielding position, and remain in such position, without danger ofaccidental displacement.

Another objectis to provide a-device of thisl character which may bequickly and easily attached to the windshield without modification tothe latter.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which includes ashade consisting of two or more glass plates of dili'erentl colordensity, arranged to be useditogether or the one of lesser density to beused alone.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention applied to the windshield ofan automobile, and as viewed from the drivers seat.

Figurey 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing theinvention in side elevation, and with one of the shield plates inlowered position, and the other one elevated.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the clamp whichattaches the device to the windshield.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the supporting studs carried by theshield plates, and

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the means for mounting thestuds on an automobile top, or the upper part of a sedan or coup body.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents theupper rail, and 11 the glass panel of the upper portion of an automobilewindshield, in connection with which the presentinvention is adapted foruse.

A pair of plates 12 and 13 are clamped to the opposite sides of the rail10, and are held in position by the bolt 14 which is disposedtherethrough, above the rail. The rear end of the bolt is formed with adat disk head 15, and on each side of the head are the radial grooves16, which extend from the central opening 17, to the periphery of thehead. Disposed against one side of the head 15 is a dlsk head 18, of abolt or stem 19, and formed on the'side face of this head 18 is a rib orlug 20 which is adapted to engage in one or another of the grooves 16,on that side of the head 15. A similar stem 19 and disk 21, having asimilar rib or lug 22, is disposed against the other side of the disk15, its' lug being arran ed to engage in the grooves of that side o? thehead 15. Disposed through the heads 15, 18, and 21, is a shaft 23, theopposite ends of the same extending to suitable distances beyond theheads, and each end provided with a head 24. On each end of the shaft 23is a coil spring 25, one end bearing against a head 24, while its otherend bears against a disk 18 or 21, t'o hold the heads 18 and 21 in firmengagement with the head 15, and the lugs thereof within grooves of thedisk 15.

On the other end of each of the stems 19 and 19 are secured theclaimping plates 26 which engage on a piece of rubber 27, disposed overthe upper edge and against the opposite faces of a glassplate 28 or 28.1n the opposite face of each of the glass plates 28 and 28 there isformed a groove 29, and straddling the edge of the plate 28, and havingone end bearing against'the platesportion 26, and its other end engagedinthe groove 29, is a bowed spring clip 30, the same serving to retainthe parts together, and to permit the glass plate to be swung upwardlyland downwardly on the shaft 23.

The glass plate 28 is not uite as dense, in color, as the plate 28', sot at the glare ot approaching headlights CM1 be dimmed by dat y thestems 19 and 19 are offset s0 that the this plate, but when a strongerlight is encountered, such as the sunlight, the plat-e 28 is swung,rdown at the rear of the plate 28, thus combining its shielding elt'ectywith that of the plate 28. lt will be obvious from the constructionshown and described, that the plate 28 cannot be used alone, as neitherit no1' the plate 28,ean be swung past the other.

It will be noted that the upper portions of lower portions lie inadvance of each other, when both of the plates are swuinglf (jle-wn todispose the plates in t'ront ot' the driver.

'lhe operator grasps one end of the shaft 23, and pulls the samelongitudinally through the disks, so tha-t the tension of the adjacentspring is relieved while the tension of the other spring it tightenedwith the result that the disk held by the loosened spring will bepermitted rotary movement, with respect to the disk 15, and thus allowthe glass shield plate te be moved into or out of shielding position. Bymoving the shaft 23 in the opposite direction the other glass plate willbe permitted movement. When released, the springs serve the purpose ofmaintaining the ribs in the grooves and thus permitting the glass platesto be held at di'erent angles.

It will be understood that While I have described the device as appliedto the windcludinpr a stem formed with a centrally a pertured and flathead, said head having radial grooves in its opposite side t'aces, adisk disposed on each side of the head and each having a radial rib forengagementI selectively in the grooves, each of the disks having` anoffset stem, translucent plates of different density carried by the saidstems and movable therewith, a holt disposed through the head and saiddisks and having heads on its opposite ends, and springs on the boltbetween said heads and said disks, whereby one or both of thetranslucent plates may be swung into and out of operative position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

VALTER F. CHURCH. Witnesses:

G. M. DAY, A. W. FERGUSON.

